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Orval Hobart Mowrer (1907-1982) was a professor of psychology at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] (1948-1975). He is remembered in part for his anti-modernist Christian-friendly views and his disappointment in the modernist movement he found in the mainline [[Presbyterian]] Church; see his book ''The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion'' (1961). | Orval Hobart Mowrer (1907-1982) was a professor of psychology at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] (1948-1975). He is remembered in part for his anti-modernist Christian-friendly views and his disappointment in the modernist movement he found in the mainline [[Presbyterian]] Church; see his book ''The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion'' (1961). | ||
| − | Professor Mowrer believed that modern psychology is based on false conclusions made by [[Freud]] (e.g., [[Darwinian]] assumptions) and that mainline Christian churches became sick—unable to aid those in need—when they adopted many of these same views.<ref>''The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion'', O.H. Mowrer, 1961, D. Van Nostrand</ref> | + | Professor Mowrer believed that modern psychology is based on false conclusions made by [[Freud]] (e.g., [[Darwinian]] assumptions) and that mainline Christian churches became sick—unable to aid those in need—when they adopted many of these same views.<ref name=1961>''The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion'', O.H. Mowrer, 1961, D. Van Nostrand</ref> |
| + | {cquote|Has Evangelical religion sold its birthright for a mess of psychological pottage?<ref name=1961>} | ||
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Orval Hobart Mowrer (1907-1982) was a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois (1948-1975). He is remembered in part for his anti-modernist Christian-friendly views and his disappointment in the modernist movement he found in the mainline Presbyterian Church; see his book The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion (1961).
Professor Mowrer believed that modern psychology is based on false conclusions made by Freud (e.g., Darwinian assumptions) and that mainline Christian churches became sick—unable to aid those in need—when they adopted many of these same views.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title
{cquote|Has Evangelical religion sold its birthright for a mess of psychological pottage?<ref name=1961>}